YouTube Is Reportedly Gearing Up To Offer Audiobooks
It could offer audiobooks as soon as next year, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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YouTube is preparing to launch an audiobooks feature as soon as next year and has been in talks with publishers over the previous months, according to the Wall Street Journal. You can already find a bunch of channels with audiobook videos on the platform if you look. Some of them feature titles in the public domain, but some of them offer books that aren't legally supposed to be on YouTube. One growing problem on the platform is the spread of unauthorized book recordings made using AI. Ever come across an audiobook on YouTube narrated by a robotic voice? Most likely, it was one of those unauthorized titles we're talking about.
At the moment, YouTube has yet to confirm if it's really looking to have an audiobook section. The Journalsays it...
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